Microsoft Mishandles Windows XP on MSDN, Public Preview

The case of Windows XP on MSDN is a classic example. Microsoft has answered each of my three queries about MSDN access to Windows XP differently. First, MSDN said it would provide Windows XP to its subscribers on Monday. Later, the company clarified that, saying that MSDN would ship Beta 2 on CD-ROM Monday. A download date was unavailable, but expected "sometime soon." Then late yesterday, Microsoft told me that the company won´t make Windows XP Beta 2 available for download for MSDN subscribers at all. Instead, MSDN Universal and Professional subscribers will get Windows XP Beta 2 via a special CD-ROM shipment that Microsoft reportedly sent out yesterday. Or today. No one seems to know for sure.